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Vive la Révolution ! Long Term Returns of 1968 to the Angry Students

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  • Eric Maurin

    (PJSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research, IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor - IZA)

  • Sandra Mcnally

    (IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor - IZA, CEP - LSE - Centre for Economic Performance - LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science)

Abstract

The famous events of May 1968, starting with student riots, threw France into a state of turmoil. As a result, normal examination procedures were abandoned, and the pass rate for various qualifications increased enormously. The lowering of thresholds at critical stages of the education system enabled a proportion of students to pursue more years of higher education than would otherwise have been possible. For those on the margin of passing their examinations, additional years of higher education increased future wages and occupational levels. Interestingly, the effect is also transmitted across generations and is reflected in the educational performance of children.

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  • Eric Maurin & Sandra Mcnally, 2008. "Vive la Révolution ! Long Term Returns of 1968 to the Angry Students," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-00754313, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-00754313
    DOI: 10.1086/522071
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